Joint Institute for Advanced Study / Princeton University Astrophysics Colloquium

Colloquiums are held on Tuesdays at 11:00 am and are organized by The Institute for Advanced Study in the Fall and Princeton University in the Spring. Details on the current colloquiums can be found below. Coffee provided 10:30am to 11:00am before the start of the lecture. The Joint Astrophysics Colloquium is immediately followed by the Bahcall Lunch. 

For questions about a speaker's visit to The Institute for Advanced Study in the Fall, please contact Tomer Yavetz, Stephen Chen or Amanda Cenker.

For questions about a speaker's visit to Princeton University the Spring, please contact:  or Mami Akiyama. Visitors to the Princeton University Campus must follow their visitor policy.

Videos of past talks at the IAS can be found on the IAS video server or on YouTube.

Colloquia Archives

Current Colloquium Schedule

Dec
05
2023

Institute for Advanced Study / Princeton University Joint Astrophysics Colloquium

Cosmology and Galaxy Formation at the Crossroads
Michael Boylan-Kolchin
10:30am|Wolfensohn Hall

We find ourselves at a pivotal era in the study of cosmology and galaxy formation. The dark energy + cold dark matter (ΛCDM) paradigm is firmly established as the default cosmological model, owing in large part to its incredible success in explaining...